Administrator Guide

Storage Type Details

Also, the local disk you select is dedicated for storing your scheduled backups and is not visible in Windows

Explorer.

External hard disk

If you store your backup on an external hard disk, you can:

• Recover les, folders, applications, and volumes.

• Perform system state and operating system recoveries if the backup used contains all the critical volumes.

• Easily move backups osite for disaster protection.

If you store your scheduled backups on an external hard disk, the disk is dedicated for storing your backups and is

not visible in Windows Explorer.

This enables users to move disks osite for disaster protection and ensure backup integrity.

NIC teaming

NIC teaming, also known as Load Balancing/Failover (LBFO) is a built-in feature of Windows Storage Server 2016 or 2012 R2. This feature

allows fault-tolerance for your network adapters. NIC teaming allows multiple network adapters to work together as a team, preventing

connectivity loss if one NIC stops functioning.

The advantage of built-in NIC teaming is that it works with all NICs and provides a set of management tools for all adapters. The outbound

trac can be distributed among the available network adapters by using Switch-independent mode and Switch-dependent mode for

network trac distribution.

Conguring NIC teaming on a server

Prerequisites

NOTE

: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite (BACS) is installed when a Broadcom NIC is detected and Intel PROSet drivers are

installed when Intel NIC is detected.

NOTE: Microsoft recommends use of the built in NIC teaming functionality in Server Manager.

About this task

To congure NIC teaming on a server:

Steps

1 Start Server Manager, select Local Server.

The properties of Local Server is displayed.

2 Click the status next to NIC Teaming.

The NIC Teaming window is displayed.

3 In the Adapters and Interfaces section, the list of available adapters that can be teamed are displayed.

4 Select the adapters to be added to a team. Right-click and select Add to New Team.

5 In the NIC Teaming window, type a team name in the Team name box for the adapters to be added in.

6 In Additional properties, select Teaming Mode, Load balancing mode, Standby adapter, and then click OK.

The new-created NIC team is displayed in the Teams section of the same window.

7 After creating and conguring a NIC team, go to Open Network and sharing Center > Change Adapter Settings

The newly created NIC team is displayed in this window.

Using your NAS system